Sabrina Shaffer | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/sabrina-shaffer/Latest news about Sabrina Shafferen-usSun, 07 Feb 2016 12:14:18 -0600Homeless woman charged with fatal beating of Keith West in his Uptown homehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/02/07/homeless-woman-charged-with-fatal-beating-of-keith-west-in-his-uptown-home/<p>By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT<br /> Chicago Sun-Times Wire</p> <p><a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/02/shaffer0207.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/02/shaffer0207-240x300.jpg" alt="Sabrina Shaffer | Chicago Police" width="240" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-15761" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sabrina Shaffer | Chicago Police</p>A homeless woman has been accused of fatally beating 63-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/keith-west/">Keith West</a> inside his Uptown neighborhood apartment last year on the North Side.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/sabrina-shaffer/">Sabrina Shaffer</a>, 45, faces first-degree murder charges for the December 2015 attack at West’s home in the 4500 block of North Sheridan, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office</p> <p>Someone called police for a well-being check after they hadn’t heard from West, and officers found him “seriously battered” inside the apartment about 3:45 p.m. Dec. 26, police said at the time.<br /> <span id="more-15759"></span></p> <p>West was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he died at 9:41 a.m. Dec. 28, authorities said. An autopsy did not rule on cause or manner of death, but police classified it a homicide.</p> <p>Shaffer, whose home address is listed as the Pacific Garden Mission at 1458 S. Canal St., was arrested Wednesday and ordered held on a $750,000 bond at a Saturday hearing, according to Cook County Circuit Court records. She is due back in court Monday.</p> Jeff MayesSun, 07 Feb 2016 12:14:18 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/02/07/homeless-woman-charged-with-fatal-beating-of-keith-west-in-his-uptown-home/Keith WestSabrina Shaffer